News Details

Smedley: Bottas saw Button too late

Rob Smedley has all but put the onus on Valtteri Bottas for his pitlane clash with Jenson Button in Abu Dhabi. Chasing fourth place in the Drivers' Championship on Sunday, Bottas' race was undone as he was released from his Williams pitbox moments before Button entered his. As the McLaren driver turned in he was clipped by Bottas with the end result being a broken front wing for the Finn and a race spent lapping near the back of the field. However Williams's head of performance engineering Smedley says the pit crew released Bottas at the 'right point', he just didn't see Button. 'We'll have to analyse it and understand exactly what happened,' he told Autosport. 'We released him at the...
Full Story »
10y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bottas wants to win ‘clash of the Finns’

The ‘clash of the Finns' could be back on this weekend in Abu Dhabi....
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Bottas wants to beat Raikkonen in title race

The ‘clash of the Finns' could be back on this weekend as the...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Bottas qualified sixth and Massa eighth for the Abu...

Both Williams drivers improved their lap times throughout the three...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Jenson Button: “I braced myself for the hit”

Jenson Button felt his Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was his best race of the...
10y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Pedro Acosta praises KTM’s ‘really nice job’...

Pedro Acosta has praised KTM’s off-season development for helping him...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Gallery: IndyCar kicks off 2026 season at St. Pete

Motorsport Week has exclusive images from the IndyCar curtain-raiser in...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Watch: Mick Schumacher taken out on opening lap of...

Fans of Mick Schumacher could switch off early after his IndyCar debut at...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Perception versus Reality

Morning. Perception is an odd thing. Stuff was being discussed in the...
4m ago from Arseblog.com

‘Exceptional' Arsenal star makes worrying...

Arsenal defender Riccardo Calafiori has spoken openly about a return to...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Arsenal Prediction and...

Brighton & Hove Albion will host Arsenal at the American Express Stadium...
12h ago from SportsKeeda.com

After scoring goal in win over Chelsea, Jurrien Timber...

Jurrien Timber has said that Arsenal cannot afford to make costly mistakes...
13h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.